Posted on 01/19/2009 9:58:34 AM PST by tomnbeverly
Breaking on Fox news
FYI......didn’t know if you heard!
Brit just said on FOX that there are 109 pardons or commutations. We’ll have to see if Scooter is one of them.
Won’t surprise me if he isnt.
I’m very happy for Ramos, Compean and their families, but this should have been a full pardon. They may have trouble finding work with a felony conviction on their records.
Bush pardons 2 former border guards
By DEB RIECHMANN – 9 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush has commuted the prison sentences of two former Border Patrol guards whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited debate about illegal immigration.
Bush’s act of clemency on Monday for Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean was a victory for Democratic and Republican members of Congress and others who pleaded with the president to pardon the men or at least commute their sentences.
Ramos and Compean are each serving sentences of more than 10 years for shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant as he was fleeing an abandoned marijuana load in 2005, then trying to cover it up.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j6mH44rWD9yyZf_AZ7YxQDVFL7WwD95QC0O81
That’s what I was waiting for....Libby.
This would probably lead though, if he had been pardoned.
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!! He communted the prison sentences. NOW GIVE THEM THEIR DAMN JOBS BACK!!!! They were doing their jobs and doing them well!
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
Thank you, President Bush.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush has commuted the prison sentences of two former Border Patrol guards whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited debate about illegal immigration.
Bush’s act of clemency on Monday for Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean was a victory for Democratic and Republican members of Congress and others who pleaded with the president to pardon the men or at least commute their sentences.
Ramos and Compean are each serving sentences of more than 10 years for shooting an unarmed illegal immigrant as he was fleeing an abandoned marijuana load in 2005, then trying to cover it up.
More good news...Rush just said Bill Ayers was denied entry into Canada....ya gotta love that!
Bumping thread number 3!!
Whoo! Hoo~!
It would be GOOD news if he was allowed in to Canada, but not allowed back in the USA
WHAT!!??
That needs a new thread!
“Oh thank God. Now maybe we can finally talk about something else on FR.”
Yes...like STOPPING AMNESTY.
Yes, Sir!
Google is screaming with links to this story.
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/573462
Thanks for the heads up!
Google is screaming with links to this story.
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/573462
Thanks for the heads up!
Uh, what amnesty? The so-called “amnesty bill” never got off the ground.
Uh, no. I think it's fine to let them off with time served, but their coverup of the shooting shows that they shouldn't be trusted with that job again.
Pay attention, it’s back. And don’t try to call it anything but amnesty, please.
..but today I'll take any good news I can get!
I'm just giddy about the border agents being released...
I WISH it had been a pardon...it should have been a pardon....but at least they will be with their families again.
Coverup? How? Their supervisor picked up the shell casings at the site of the shooting incident. GIVE THEM THEIR DAMN JOBS BACK! Anyone who shoots a drug smuggler in the ass is doing it right.
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